the identification and evaluation of trichomonas vaginalis among women was performed over a period of three months in ilesha. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of trichomonas vaginalis in women in relation to different samples collected and level of education. 310 samples from high vaginal, endocervical and urethral regions of female patients were analyzed using gram stainin...

Objective: This prospective study aims to compare three different sampling techniques for the collection of endometrial cytological specimens in the mare: the guarded culture swab, the uterine cytobrush and the low volume uterine flush. Material and methods: The study po pulation consisted of six healthy Standardbred mares in dioestrus. In each mare an acute endometritis was induced by performi...

BACKGROUND The monitoring of infectious diseases like the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) using pen-wise oral fluid samples becomes more and more established. The collection of individual oral fluid, which would be useful in the monitoring of PRRSV negative boar studs, is rather difficult. The aim of the study was to test two methods for individual oral fluid collection fro...

TO THE EDITOR—We read with interest the recent article by Thibault et al [1], which described laboratory analyses of injection equipment collected from people who inject drugs in France. In particular, the detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in 80% of pooled samples of alcohol and cotton swabs raises concerns about the possible role of swabs in HCV transmission. While the accompanying edit...

DESCRIPTION Gossypiboma is the term for a surgical swab accidentally left inside a patient’s body. It is derived from the Latin word ‘gossypium’ meaning cotton and the Swahili ‘boma’ meaning place of concealment. Gossypiboma has an incidence of 1:1500 for intra-abdominal operations. Common presentations of gossypiboma are abdominal distension, ileus, tenesmus, pain, palpable mass, vomiting, wei...

BACKGROUND Head and neck cancer pain is intractable and difficult to manage. Many a times it is difficult to treat with oral opioids and adjuvants. AIM This study aims to study the effects of transnasal sphenopalatine ganglion block (SPGB), administered using cotton swab/ear bud by patients' caretaker, at home, for pain management. STUDY DESIGN This is a prospective, single-arm observationa...

INTRODUCTION Fluoride dentifrice is considered an important factor in explaining the decline in dental caries observed either in developed or in developing countries at the end of the last century. However, fluoride dentifrice is also a risk factor with respect to dental fluorosis because young children ingest a large amount of toothpaste during brushing. In addition, there is evidence that den...

OBJECTIVE To explore factors associated with the diagnosis of provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) through (1) self-reported pain characteristics and (2) Friedrich's criteria (vestibular pain during sexual activity/gynaecological examination). We also identified cases in which incorrect diagnoses were assigned and explored group differences in gynaecological examination presentation and associations w...

Foot odour is caused by combination of sweat and bacteria. Smelly feet can lead to lack confidence discomfort. In this study, conducted on 21 probands isolate the microbes with following criteria: male, aged 18-25 years, wore shoes for 8 hours without taking them off, moist, smelly feet. Isolating from using a cotton swab. The result study found 7 isolates. Several bacteria isolates, namely: St...